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Rapid, local adaptation of zooplankton behavior to changes in predation pressure in the absence of neutral genetic changes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 May 2001
Cousyn C, De Meester L, Colbourne J K, Brendonck L, Verschuren D, Volckaert F
Abstract excerpt
Organisms producing resting stages provide unique opportunities for reconstructing the genetic history of natural populations. Diapausing seeds and eggs often are preserved in large numbers, representing entire populations captured in an evolutionary inert state for decades and even centuries. Starting from a natural resting egg bank of the waterflea Daphnia, we compare the evolutionary rates of change in an...
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